Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe SSD

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The Samsung 970 Evo is the new mainstream TLC-based option from Samsung's new generation of consumer NVMe SSDs. At around $120 for the base 256GB drive and $450 for 1TB, the 970 Evo is accessible and attractive for enthusiast, content creators and those that work in media.

If you want a really responsive setup, with the quickest loading times out there, well, the Samsung 970 EVO SSDs are for you. But if you are just a gamer, well, a SATA SSD should suffice. But then again, who are we to tell you how to spend your money?...

The Samsung 970 EVO is a positive step forward for Samsung and it is clearly very fast, having set new records in most of our standard tests.However, Samsung's competitors are closing in with their new products and the sort of clear lead that Samsung...

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In the time frame between the SSD 960 and SSD 970 launches, the NVMe market has become a much more competitive place with drives like WD's Black NVMe offering serious competition to Samsung's once dominant 960-series in various market segments.Not only...

This is the new Samsung 970 EVO NVMe SSD – a lighting fast M.2 drive. It's the “EVO”, so a bit better value while still providing super fast speeds. Let's take a look, run it through some tests and see if it's worth your money!Want one? Amazon: shown...

The Samsung 970 EVO NVMe SSD is so fast that a full Windows 10 Pro install including massive updates, 20+ drivers and 20GB of software took about an hour. It usually takes five or more.The Samsung 970 EVO NVMe (website here ) is a solid-state disk...

Across the board the new 970 Evo is not only better than the 960 Evo, but it also out-performs the 960 PRO in some important tests. More IOPS, quicker writing and the same TBW at the largest capacity. With the possible exception of the 970 Pro; this is...

Like a starter Pokemon, the Samsung 970 Evo has reached its full potential with its third evolution. Thanks to multiple improvements in the silicon, this drive is reads and writes faster than ever, can run for longer without overheating and is more...

Though it isn't the equal of WD's Black NVMe in sustained writing, the 970 EVO nonetheless provides the same performance the other 99 percent of the time. A much better deal than its 970 Pro sibling, though the latter is still top dog performance-wise.

The Samsung 970 EVO is still definitely the best mainstream NVMe SSD you can buy right now, at least in terms of straightline performance. At around $450 the 1TB 970 EVO definitely isn’t great value when we’re talking about basic storage, but if you’re after the fastest SSD for your gaming rig it’s hard to look past.